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After a place for tourism in 2024 compared to tourism in 2024, Hokuto Asano, the first secretary of the Japan message in Washington, told Fox News Digital that “Uppourism is a new challenge for the Japanese community”.
As a result, the country is reportedly considering a “tourist tax” in some cities.
But Japan is far from being the only country that has recently checked his relationship with tourists.
Spanish protests against over -tourism have led to some changes in cities such as Málaga, the capital of Costa del Sol, which now prevents the registration of new vacation rents.
Similar protests have taken place in various cities in Italy and Portugal, since the locals say that upourism accumulates real estate costs and undermine the “essence” of some popular cities.
Huffpost UK spoke to Michael Rozenblit, who leads the responsible tourism company with co -founder Maggie Turansky with the co -founder of The Responsible Tourism Company how to avoid the surface amount where they can.
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Rozenblit told us that “there are many possibilities, how trips can be advantageous and not disadvantageous for a goal” – but you have to take into account the specific needs of the place you visit.
“If it is an incredibly popular goal that already has a problem with upourism, we recommend visiting a smaller city nearby,” he said.
“You can visit Girona instead of Barcelona, for example. There you can still experience a unique catalonic culture and kitchen without contributing to the absolute mass tourism that the capital sees.”
He recommended that you visit popular positions in the low season if you can avoid a surface and discouraged to patronize well -known chain hotels and short -term rentals (which can damage the rental market for locals).
“Instead, decide in a small, family -run accommodation option,” he added.
“If you like the convenience of staying in your own apartment, there are many guest houses and B&BS who also offer this or even have kitchen and laundry facilities together.”
If you can, spend more time in the city than usual
Rozenblit said on his website: “We want to work for slow trips and try to take time and spend more days than in most places we visit. We want to make sure that we can fully appreciate a goal and we do not believe that we can do so if we only have a short time there.”
So maybe it is not surprising that he advised visitors to extend their stay if they may be able to.
“The longer you spend somewhere, the more you can know and the more your money will benefit the local economy,” he told us.
“Stay in a local centered quarter and not in the city center. This allows you to see how the locals actually live in the city, and it makes it easier to patronize small local companies.”
